Hecker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Chris Hecker, American video game programmer Ewald Hecker (1843-1909), German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia (1879-1954), German industrialist and Nazi SS-Brigadeführer Florian Hecker (born 1975), German electronic musician Friedrich Hecker (1811-1881), German Forty-Eighter and veteran of the American Civil War Isaac Thomas Hecker (1818-1889), Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Paulist Fathers Jakob Hecker (1887-1969), German painter Jan Hecker (1967-2021), German lawyer and diplomat Johann Julius Hecker (1707-1768), a German educator Justus Hecker (1795-1850), German medical historian Lawrence Hecker, (1931–2024) sex-abusing priest in the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans Max Hecker (1879–1964), Austrian-born Israeli President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Maximilian Hecker (born 1977), German pop musician Robert Hecker (born 1965), guitarist for California punk band Redd Kross Scott Hecker, sound editor Siegfried Hecker (born 1943), Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, professor at Stanford University Tim Hecker (born 1974), Canadian electronic musician, known as Jetone

See also Johnny Hekker (1990-) NFL punter Kimm Hekker (1957-) Dutch singer George Hekkers (1923-2008) NFL tackle